Poems for the Heart, Volume II

By Joseph J Cacciotti

Joe Cacciotti began writing poetry when he was seventeen years old. He found that sometimes when thoughts are written into words, magic happens. Says Joe, "I'm not talking about genies popping out of bottles but how I am able to see things more clearly. How beautiful this world truly is!"

Joe tells of being shy as a young man a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Global Summit House
• Release date: Dec 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9781957054292

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DEDICATION

To Diane, with love.

SECTION I

BEING ALONE

BEING ALONE

We all have felt the sting of being alone, without anyone to hold on to for hope or inspiration. Whether we want to admit it or not, we all need someone sometime. I know this because I have been there, and I know the emptiness of BEING ALONE.

I encourage finding your own personal creativity. Writing is therapeutic. I have included a few of my poems in this presentation to hopefully, inspire you never to give up.

I believe there is someone out there for everybody. One only needs the patience to keep on looking … and never give up.

—Joe

LONELY

Sitting here on the step

The night is dark and cold

Frost telling me to go inside

But I can’t.

There is no one I know No money I own.

I am lonely.

TELL ME WHY

Tell me why we have to grow older

And why time goes by so fast.

Tell me why some days grow bolder

And why everything good doesn’t last.

Please tell me why.

Or maybe

You can’t.

HOPING

I’m sitting here alone, like always.

And like always

Reminiscing the past

When I was not alone

I was happy

I have so many memories

Locked up inside of me

And these memories

Are the only thing

That keeps me going

Cause maybe someday

They will return.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

As you lit the candle on the table,

I watched the glowing light

Bounce off your face.

It was the loveliest sight

I had seen in such a long time.

Your brown eyes were glowing

Like the stars in the sky.

Your hair, so beautiful and curly, sparkled.

And when you smiled,

It hit me in such a strange way.

A way in which it felt like

Butterflies were fluttering inside my stomach.

For some reason, my heart

Felt like a magnet,

And your smile was drawing me to you.

I realized how very lucky I was

To have you by my side.

Today, I can’t stop thinking about you

Because the angel I took out last night

Is the angel in my heart tonight.

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU

Every time I tried to tell you,

The words would never come out.

Even though you knew how I felt,

I knew you were waiting to hear me say

Those words I should have told you.

I took it for granted you would always be here,

So I never gave it much thought.

Now I regret not saying

What I should have told you

From the start.

Yesterday you were always there

Through thick and thin.

No matter what problems we